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These are cast iron originals (as far as I can tell):

Got this one recently:

This one is from Sincona 7, lot 1882. I got it from Rarenum. It is a cast copy, but it is old.

Nice!

I do not have any particular thoughts on this coin. Did you buy it? I think I do remember seeing a reeded 1840 10 groszy coin that looked convincing. MW may have experimented with edging at some point.

The seller is from Florida, I would guess this was a consignment sale.

Are they copies of mint struck medals?

Don't know much about it, although I have something like that, but mine is yellow. I think they are fairly common, but perhaps there are nuances that I do not appreciate.

I'm blissfully ignorant on the subject, and thus try to avoid anything cast. I did buy a medallion from Rarenum, that he got from the last Sincona and it is listed as cast (not iron). I also came across a ton of Galvano Copies of Russian medals. So who was doing the casting and copying? I actually came across an article, that indicated that a Kutuzov medal was copied by a Soviet factory in early 80's for some event (an official state order), I think they used the Galvano method.

Thanks for showing! Does the last medal look cast to anyone?

I think Paul was the Grand Master of the Maltese Order of knights, who were from the Hospitaller order. The Templars were hunted down by the Catholic Church as Heretics back in the XIII or XiV century.

Blackened Iron! That's unusual. Were cannon made of iron in the early 19th century? My impression is that they were still brass.

I'm just glad Paul has kept himself off the coins.

I do like the "Drum and Cannon" coins, wish I had more of them. But they are very militaristic looking, and they do very much resemble the Prussian coinage, and that fits well into the 'conventional' view on Peter 3rd. Perhaps it was lucky that Catherine was so "proactive".

Really? I thought there would be a 4th. Well, I'll need to save some money.

NGC would probably give it the Details grade due to planchet flaws. Not sure if anything else is going on.

What about Peter's 1762 reform?

A very nice and rare coin, not cheap!

IMHO She looks happy on the second one

The first portrait is by Iaeger, the second by Bobrovshikov.

I'll try to post the medals in this thread, as they seem to be off topic in the eBay one. Also using a new host. Hope it works.

Catherine 2 had put up a monument to Peter the Great in St. Petersburg. The 'Bronze Horseman' as Pushkin referred to it, has become an iconic symbol of that city. The sign on the stone reads "To Peter I from Catherine II". Of course Catherine was in no way related or descendant from Peter, so the monument had a political significance in establishing a feeling of continuity in the ruling dynasty. Eugene do you want one? I have a spare. I also have 2 copper medals, one is similar to the above token, and the other celebrates the transport of the rock that the horseman is mounted on. Apparently that alone was a "monumental" undertaking, and took a lot of effort and a lot of serfs.

Oil prices are going up.

Are we talking about 1825 NG? I think 1825 PD wings up is pretty common.